Huge Chinese Deal for ACMC
GLOBAL - British pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd has clinched a major deal - worth over half a million pounds sterling - to deliver genetically advanced pigs to China, the world's largest pig-producing nation.

Pork Commentary: US Hog Prices Reach Record Highs
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

British Pig Industry Goes for Gold in Beijing
BEIJING - As the Olympics get underway in China, there is good news for the UK pig industry. From, Thursday 7^th August, the Peoples Republic of China has lifted all the restrictions on imports of livestock and meat from the UK, which have been...

Pork Commentary: Global Liquidations Drive Prices and US Exports
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Key Thinkers Unite at JSR Conference
UK - JSR Genetics’ 19th Technical Conference, entitled ‘50 Years of Excellence in Breeding’, taking place on 16th September 2008 at the University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, will bring together influential industry thinkers of the present...

Action to Improve Productivity
UK - The latest in a comprehensive series of practical tips for pig keepers have just been published by BPEX.

Beefing Up the Sunday Roast
UK - The Sunday roast on our dinner tables has the potential to be packed with bags more natural flavour, say scientists at The University of Nottingham, in research sponsored by Pfizer.

NEW - Pig Journal Proceedings Supplement
UK - Since the decision to take The Pig Journal to being a fully refereed Journal, it was decided to continue with the publication of more informative or practical based articles in the new Proceedings Supplement.

EU Breeding Sow Numbers Collapse
EU - EU member states are only obliged to carry out surveys of pig numbers once a year, in December writes Tony Fowler, BPEX Ltd. However a year is a long time in the pig industry, and consequently most major producing countries also carry out surveys...

Hypor Finaliszes France Hybrides Bid
FRANCE - Hypor, the pig breeding division of Hendrix Genetics, has acquired France Hybrides from Groupe Glon.

Million Piglets Vaccinated for PCV2
UK - More than a million piglets have been vaccinated as part of a BPEX research project into PCV2 in the UK.

Pfizer: FDA Approves Swine Respiratory Disease Drug
US - The U.S. Food Drug Administration (FDA) has approved EXCENEL® RTU EZ (ceftiofur hydrochloride) Sterile Suspension for the treatment and control of swine respiratory disease. New Excenel RTU EZ is an improved formulation that makes injections easier...

New High Tech Barn Meets High Expectations
GERMANY - The feed testing farm of Agravis Raiffeisen AG near Cloppenburg, Germany, expanded their barn capacity for piglet rearing with a new barn by 3,300 places to achieve an overall stocking density of 6,500 pigs.

Pork Commentary: Low Sow Price = Large Liquidation
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Big Dutchman: Rebuilding of Fire Ravaged Sow Farm
FRANCE - Paul, David and Vincent Pelletier from La Chapelle Thémer in the west French departement Vendée have not given up: just one year after a fire almost completely destroyed the sow farm of the Pelletier family, the system for 300 sows was taken...

Training Session Leads Staff by Example
UK - The first season of meetings for the BPEX Devon and Cornwall training group has gone with a bang.

Pfizer Revenues Rise
GLOBAL - Pharmaceutical and animal health company Pfizer has reported revenues of $12.1 billion, for the second quarter of the year, an increase of nine per cent compared with $11.1 billion in the quarter a year ago.

Columbian TOPIGS Rep Cercafé Certificated
US - TOPIGS representative and genetics user in Columbia, Cercafé, is certificated by the international supermarket company Carrefour as CNC pork producer.

Big Dutchman Anniversaries: Company Hosted 450 Guests from Around the World
GERMANY - The company's recent 5th International Agents’ Meeting celebrated the double anniversary of 70 years of Big Dutchman worldwide and 50 years of Big Dutchman in Germany and Europe.

Alpharma Donations Aid Flood Hit Communities
US - Animal health company, Alpharma Inc, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, is to donate a portion of all US livestock product sales recorded in July to help fund flood relief efforts throughout the Mississippi River valley.